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Egretta (egret)
Taxonomy
Egretta was named by Forster (1817). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ardeinae by Wetmore (1940) and Becker (1985); and to Ardeidae by Emslie (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Ardeinae by Wetmore (1940) and Becker (1985); and to Ardeidae by Emslie (1992), Mlikovsky (2002), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Egretta Forster |
| 1858 | Florida Baird |
| 1858 | Hydranassa Baird |
| 1894 | Leucophoyx Sharpe |
| 1940 | Egretta Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1940 | Florida Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1940 | Hydranassa Wetmore p. 15 |
| 1956 | Hydranassa Wetmore p. 19 |
| 1956 | Leucophoyx Wetmore p. 19 |
| 1956 | Florida Wetmore p. 20 |
| 1985 | Egretta Becker p. 25 |
| 1992 | Egretta Emslie p. 252 |
| 2002 | Egretta Mlikovsky p. 69 |
| 2014 | Egretta del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Egretta Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Egretta Forster 1817 [egret]
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Egretta caerulea Linnaeus 1758 [little blue heron]
Egretta garzetta Linnaeus 1766 [little egret]
Egretta garzetta dimorpha Hartert 1914 [dimorphic egret]
Egretta novaehollandiae Latham 1790 [White-faced heron]
Egretta picata Gould 1845 [pied heron]
Egretta sacra Gmelin 1789 [Pacific reef-heron]
†Egretta subfluvia Becker 1985
Egretta thula Molina 1782 [snowy egret]
Egretta tricolor Statius Muller 1776 [tricolor heron]
Invalid names: Florida Baird 1858 [synonym], Hydranassa Baird 1858 [synonym], Leucophoyx Sharpe 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available